In nick Barnes biography he claimed to have killed a made member of the mafia without retaliation
The mobsters name was mikey pugliese, theres a thread where i went into this bit more in depth, this should help. http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=661190 I thought his name was carmine pugliese. But heres the mobsters episode calling him mikey and saying he was a bonnano family soldier.
so Barnes was as powerful as the Five Families, the Genovese in particular? Bonanno as well?